Las Vegas Sun Stories: Newshttp://lasvegassun.com/news/news/Las Vegas Sun Stories: Newsen-usWater rate hike OK’d for valley homes, businesseshttp://lasvegassun.com/news/2015/mar/03/water-rate-hike-okd-valley-homes-businesses/
Water rates are going up for valley homes and businesses to help pay for a new $650 million pumping station that will keep water flowing into Las Vegas, even as ...Tue, 03 Mar 2015 19:21:00 -0000http://lasvegassun.com/news/2015/mar/03/water-rate-hike-okd-valley-homes-businesses/U.S. stocks fall a day after Nasdaq passes 5,000 milestone http://lasvegassun.com/news/2015/mar/03/us-stocks-fall-day-after-nasdaq-passes-5000-milest/
U.S. stock indexes fell broadly in afternoon trading Tuesday as investors await earnings from the few companies yet to announce results and a jobs report later this week. The Nasdaq fell below 5,000 a day after passing that milestone for the first time since ...Tue, 03 Mar 2015 19:08:00 -0000http://lasvegassun.com/news/2015/mar/03/us-stocks-fall-day-after-nasdaq-passes-5000-milest/Obama: Netanyahu offers no viable alternative to Iran talks http://lasvegassun.com/news/2015/mar/03/obama-netanyahu-offers-no-viable-alternative-iran-/
President Barack Obama says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu didn't offer any "viable alternatives" to the nuclear negotiations with Iran during his speech to Congress. Obama says he read a transcript of Netanyahu's speech Tuesday. He says ...Tue, 03 Mar 2015 19:01:00 -0000http://lasvegassun.com/news/2015/mar/03/obama-netanyahu-offers-no-viable-alternative-iran-/Bill would expand protections for justified killingshttp://lasvegassun.com/news/2015/mar/03/bill-would-expand-protections-justified-shootings/
Nevada Assembly Republicans are advocating for a bill that would expand the rights of people who kill someone in self-defense. Republican Assemblywoman Shelly Shelton testified ...Tue, 03 Mar 2015 18:37:00 -0000http://lasvegassun.com/news/2015/mar/03/bill-would-expand-protections-justified-shootings/Carrie Underwood becomes a mom, gives birth to a boy http://lasvegassun.com/news/2015/mar/03/carrie-underwood-becomes-mom-gives-birth-boy/
Carrie Underwood is a new mom, and like all proud parents, she's showing him off in a photo. The multiplatinum country singer gave birth to Isaiah Michael Fisher on Friday, and on Tuesday, she announced it to the world on Twitter. She posted a picture of Isaiah, showing his ...Tue, 03 Mar 2015 17:43:00 -0000http://lasvegassun.com/news/2015/mar/03/carrie-underwood-becomes-mom-gives-birth-boy/Bond rollover, prevailing wage bill fails committee vote http://lasvegassun.com/news/2015/mar/03/bond-rollover-prevailing-wage-bill-fails-committee/
A Nevada Assembly committee has failed to pass a bill that would extend school construction bonds and suspend prevailing wage requirements for school projects. The Assembly Government Affairs Committee held a vote on Tuesday to ...Tue, 03 Mar 2015 17:38:00 -0000http://lasvegassun.com/news/2015/mar/03/bond-rollover-prevailing-wage-bill-fails-committee/Wynn Resorts CEO Steve Wynn earned $25 million in 2014 http://lasvegassun.com/news/2015/mar/03/wynn-resorts-ceo-steve-wynn-earned-25-million-2014/
Steve Wynn may have recently taken a pay cut as CEO of Wynn Resorts Ltd. but no need for sympathy for the casino-hotel mogul. Wynn earned $25.3 million in 2014. That was nearly ...Tue, 03 Mar 2015 17:30:00 -0000http://lasvegassun.com/news/2015/mar/03/wynn-resorts-ceo-steve-wynn-earned-25-million-2014/Harry Reid cheered before controversial Netanyahu speechhttp://lasvegassun.com/news/2015/mar/03/harry-reid-cheered-controversial-netanyahu-speech/
Sen. Harry Reid received bipartisan cheers and a standing ovation this morning before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began a controversial speech to Congress. “Harry, it’s good to see you on your feet,” said Netanyahu, prompting the Senate minority leader to gingerly stand up from his front-row seat and wave in recognition. “I guess it’s true what they say ...Tue, 03 Mar 2015 17:00:00 -0000http://lasvegassun.com/news/2015/mar/03/harry-reid-cheered-controversial-netanyahu-speech/Netanyahu assails Iran-nuclear talks in Congress address http://lasvegassun.com/news/2015/mar/03/netanyahu-assails-iran-nuclear-talks-congress-addr/
In a speech that stirred political controversy in two countries, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Congress on Tuesday that negotiations underway between Iran and the United States would "all but guarantee" that Tehran would get ...Tue, 03 Mar 2015 16:46:00 -0000http://lasvegassun.com/news/2015/mar/03/netanyahu-assails-iran-nuclear-talks-congress-addr/Fire near downtown forces 30 residents from apartmentshttp://lasvegassun.com/news/2015/mar/03/fire-near-downtown-forces-30-residents-apartments/
A fire at an apartment complex near downtown Las Vegas has forced 30 residents from their homes and caused about $50,000 damage, according Las Vegas Fire & Rescue officials. No injuries were reported in the ...Tue, 03 Mar 2015 16:23:00 -0000http://lasvegassun.com/news/2015/mar/03/fire-near-downtown-forces-30-residents-apartments/Road closed after car hits Metro Police motorcycle on traffic stophttp://lasvegassun.com/news/2015/mar/03/wreck-stalls-traffic-eastbound-summerlin-parkway-n/
A stretch of Summerlin Parkway remained closed after a car hit a Metro Police motorcycle and an SUV that were pulled onto the shoulder on a traffic stop, according ...Tue, 03 Mar 2015 15:52:00 -0000http://lasvegassun.com/news/2015/mar/03/wreck-stalls-traffic-eastbound-summerlin-parkway-n/Backlash over ‘hot little girls’ remark follows Fiore — even into the bathroomhttp://lasvegassun.com/news/2015/mar/03/backlash-over-hot-little-girls-remark-follows-fior/
Michele Fiore is having trouble finding privacy. Her recent comments to The New York Times about “young, hot little girls” shooting rapists on college campuses spread all the way to India. Twitter, Facebook and other social media exploded with headlines donning her name. Liberal publications slammed her. Rush Limbaugh sang her praise in the name of ...Tue, 03 Mar 2015 10:00:00 -0000http://lasvegassun.com/news/2015/mar/03/backlash-over-hot-little-girls-remark-follows-fior/Veronica Vain quits Wall Street for porn career in Las Vegashttp://lasvegassun.com/vegasdeluxe/2015/mar/03/veronica-vain-quits-wall-street-porn-career-las-ve/
I know that this is the right path for me: I have the brains, sexuality, passion, confidence and personality to be successful if I play my cards right. Still, I hope that I do not become some sort of inspiration to women to follow.Tue, 03 Mar 2015 10:00:00 -0000http://lasvegassun.com/vegasdeluxe/2015/mar/03/veronica-vain-quits-wall-street-porn-career-las-ve/Summerlin children’s center offers high-end enrichmenthttp://vegasinc.com/business/2015/mar/03/summerlin-childrens-center-aims-be-all--one/
The center offers a hair salon with rocket-ship chairs, a kid’s boutique with clothes from all over the world, classrooms with a 4-to-1 teacher to student ratio, a music room with real musicians who write songs specifically for the center and a kid-sized gym complete with a zipline ...Tue, 03 Mar 2015 10:00:00 -0000http://vegasinc.com/business/2015/mar/03/summerlin-childrens-center-aims-be-all--one/$350 million might not be enough to save Las Vegashttp://lasvegassun.com/blogs/elsewhere/2015/mar/03/350-million-might-not-be-enough-save-las-vegas/
There's been a lot of hubbub about the effort tech whiz Tony Hsieh and his crack team of acolytes have put into revitalizing downtown Las Vegas. Hsieh’s money has ...Tue, 03 Mar 2015 10:00:00 -0000http://lasvegassun.com/blogs/elsewhere/2015/mar/03/350-million-might-not-be-enough-save-las-vegas/Parents sue county, landlord over Santa Barbara rampage http://lasvegassun.com/news/2015/mar/03/parents-sue-county-landlord-over-santa-barbara-ram/
The parents of the first three victims of a deadly rampage in Santa Barbara last year are suing the county, the Sheriff's Department and the apartment building where the killer lived, contending they ignored numerous warning signs that ...Tue, 03 Mar 2015 08:14:00 -0000http://lasvegassun.com/news/2015/mar/03/parents-sue-county-landlord-over-santa-barbara-ram/Blizzard conditions expected for parts of Upper Midwest http://lasvegassun.com/news/2015/mar/02/blizzard-conditions-expected-parts-upper-midwest/
Residents across the Upper Midwest may soon get the snowfall some have been wanting more of this winter ...Tue, 03 Mar 2015 07:49:00 -0000http://lasvegassun.com/news/2015/mar/02/blizzard-conditions-expected-parts-upper-midwest/Nepal official says human waste on Everest a major problem http://lasvegassun.com/news/2015/mar/02/nepal-official-says-human-waste-everest-major-prob/
Human waste left by climbers on Mount Everest has become a problem that is causing pollution and threatening to spread disease on the world's highest peak. The more than 700 climbers and guides who spend nearly two months on Everest's slopes each climbing season leave large amounts of ...Tue, 03 Mar 2015 07:10:00 -0000http://lasvegassun.com/news/2015/mar/02/nepal-official-says-human-waste-everest-major-prob/Macau casino revenue plunges by half in February http://vegasinc.com/business/gaming/2015/mar/02/macau-casino-revenue-plunges-half-february/
Casino revenue in the world gambling capital of Macau plunged by nearly half last month as fewer mainland Chinese high-rollers visited during the busy Lunar New Year holiday ...Tue, 03 Mar 2015 07:01:00 -0000http://vegasinc.com/business/gaming/2015/mar/02/macau-casino-revenue-plunges-half-february/Hillary Clinton used private email for State Department businesshttp://lasvegassun.com/news/2015/mar/02/hillary-clinton-used-private-email-state-departmen/
Hillary Rodham Clinton exclusively used a personal email account to conduct government business as secretary of state, State Department officials said, and may have violated federal requirements that ...Tue, 03 Mar 2015 04:30:00 -0000http://lasvegassun.com/news/2015/mar/02/hillary-clinton-used-private-email-state-departmen/